Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Friday 2nd Week in Easter 2022 – 04-22-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042922.cfm AS MUCH AS THEY WANTED. In Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bradenton, Florida, I witnessed today’s gospel when Jesus fed thousands of people with so little, some barley loaves and a few fish. “Our Daily Bread,” run by the parish, fed people on 14th Street every day between 11 am and 1 pm. It […]
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Thursday – 04-27-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042822.cfm WRATH OF GOD – A GREAT GIFT. I saw a man on the news today in his mid-thirties. He was caught on camera stealing from a store during the riots in 2020. He said he went there peacefully but followed a leader who pillaged two stores. He had a wrap sheet. But something happened […]
Father Rick’s Three Minute Homily for Wednesday – 04-26-2022 Wednesday 2nd Week in Easter 2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042722.cfm EVERYONE. The word “everyone” caught my attention immediately when I read the first line of the gospel today. Then I thought of people I would be meeting today. Some of those encounters will be enjoyable, and some will be challenging in one way or another. I wasn’t done bringing to mind people I would […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Monday, 2nd Week of Easter 2022 – 04-25-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042522.cfm WHO IS JESUS TO YOU? After the example of my Mom and Dad, two people influenced my faith life more than anyone. The first was our rector in the seminary, Fr. Anthony Meredith. He had a fantastic way of connecting life with faith. Every day is a story in itself, and Fr. Anthony had […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily – 04-22-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042322.cfm STUCK. I CAN’T MOVE. GRAB A HAND. I moved to Florida from Illinois in 1989. Only once have I been back to Illinois in the winter. One thing I don’t miss is driving on the icy, slippery roads and getting stuck in the snow. The two go together so well, to our misfortune. That […]
Homily for Easter Father Rick’s Two Minute Thursday 2022 – 04-21-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042222.cfm KNUCKLEHEAD. I used to watch a slapstick comedy growing up called the Three Stooges. A common phrase they would call each other was a knucklehead when one of them did something silly. It’s like, you just don’t get it, do you? I am sure Jesus didn’t call any of His disciples “a knucklehead.” This […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Easter Thursday 2022 – 04-21-2022
WHY ARE YOU TROUBLED? MAY I HAVE A PIECE OF FISH? For years I haven’t given up anything for Lent. Father Antonio Rosmini coined the term PPI’s, or Peculiar Penances of the Institute. (Institute of Charity is the name of our religious order.) They are those little or big crosses that come out of the […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Easter Wednesday 2022 – 04-20-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/042022.cfm WALKING WITH JESUS ON THAT ROAD I can’t help but relate to you the fantastic news that Jesus is still walking down that Emmaus road with each of us. Every celebration of the Mass is an encounter with Jesus on that road. It is broken up into two parts; the Liturgy of the Word […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Easter Tuesday 2022 – 04-19-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041922.cfm TURN AROUND Anyone who golfs knows the frustration of hitting a bad shot repeatedly. How does that happen? I do all I can to change my swing, stance, and grip when it happens to me. It’s like looking into an empty tomb. Nothing seems to work. Sometimes I ask a buddy who is playing […]
Father Rick’s Two Minute Homily for Easter Monday 2022 – 04-18-2022
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041822.cfm NOT DESERVING We are so blessed with our young people who witness their faith in so many ways. However, one that was most touching to me happened at 3 pm during the Good Friday Service. We finished the first reading and the Responsorial Psalm. Then, a door opened from the chapel. Some soldiers, Pontius […]